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Democrats often claim they want to win over rural voters. Yet when it comes to hiding their scorn for them, they’re hopelessly incontinent.

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When most Democrats today use the phrase “our democracy,” they mean not a democracy for everyone but one exclusively for them. And Virginia’s ballot question on redistricting is the latest proof.

The ballot question is not merely a political power play. First and foremost, it’s an act of contempt for voters and the voting process itself. It’s naked disdain for the democracy they’re always pretending to care about. 

Second, it serves as a censorship tool because it’s meant to deliberately erase the voices of half of Virginians, particularly those living in rural areas who will lose any chance at being represented in Congress. Rather than the 6-5 edge they have now, a margin that more closely reflects the popular voting patterns in the state, the Democrats in Richmond are aiming for a 10-1 advantage. Virginia Republicans might as well live in San Francisco or Mayor Mamdani’s New York. 

We can all predict what will happen next. Just like the People’s Republic of Maryland, Democrats will later try to oust that very last Republican member of Congress so Virginia becomes a one-party state. As with all totalitarians, that’s the game plan. And like all totalitarians, they couch........

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